"Leon!" Teresa scolded when she came back to her senses. She hurriedly walked over to Leon and held his hand.
"I apologize, I don't know why he suddenly talks like this," said Teresa looking at Michael and Sarah. Her face looked uncomfortable.
"Why, Mother Teresa? I really don't want to be adopted, but I like this uncle. I want this uncle to be my father," Leon replied with a face that didn't understand why Teresa forbade him like this.
Meanwhile, Sarah was silent. She was touched by Leon's behavior, and subconsciously looked at Michael. Wanted to see how the guy reacted.
Sarah was stunned.
Michael smiled, smiled widely, his eyes even a little teary, like the expression of someone who had just proposed.
Michael then crouched down, equaled Leon's height, and put one hand on Leon's head and stroked it.
"Thank you for offering me to be your father, Leon," Michael said sincerely.
Leon's face immediately smiled upon hearing that.
"But uncle can't adopt Leon," Michael continued, making the smile disappear instantly from the boy's face.
"Does uncle hate me?" Leon asked, looking at Michael with a hurt look.
He thought Michael had enjoyed being with him, but Michael seemed like his parents, hate him and don't want to be with him.
Michael hastily shook his head.
"No, uncle likes Leon, and so do all of you. However, adoption is not something you can think about on your own. This beautiful woman next to uncle is uncle's wife. Uncle must first talk to the beautiful woman," Michael said then pointed at Sarah.
Sarah's face blushed a little, how could Michael call her beautiful in front of a child like that?
While Teresa just smiled, as she expected, Sarah married a nice man.
Leon then turned to Sarah, to be honest, he only liked Michael and had no connection with Sarah.
"Uncle's wife is beautiful, isn't she?" Michael asked, causing Leon to look back and nod his head.
"Stop it!" said Sarah, feeling her face slightly reddened by Michael's behavior.
Michael chuckled at Sarah's reaction, then looked back at Leon.
"Maybe uncle can't be Leon's father right now, but I promise to visit Leon later. Okay?" said Michael gently.
Leon was silent, biting his lower lip.
"Pinky promise," Michael continued and held out his little finger.
Leon finally slowly raised his hand and intertwined his little finger.
"I'll be waiting for uncle!" said Leon finally with a smile on his face.
After giving his promise to Leon, Michael finally stood up and looked at Teresa.
"Do you have a business card or something?" Michael asked.
He then seemed to realize something.
"Oh! Wifey, you know the address?" Michael asked, looking at Sarah.
Sarah, who was still touched by the scene in front of her, was slightly surprised when she heard Michael's question, before finally nodding her head.
"I didn't bring my business card. If you want to come visit the orphanage, our place is still the same," Teresa said with a short smile.
She was happy that Michael was dealing with the situation, but she was a little displeased with the way Michael had done it.
He might just be making small talk to calm Leon down, but he shouldn't have made such a promise.
Teresa then looked at Sarah.
"If you're not busy, come to the orphanage every once in a while. I finally found out that you've been the one who has been giving us anonymous donations every month," Teresa said with a big smile.
Since three years ago, suddenly there was an anonymous donation that their orphanage got, Teresa became confused about it, because it was rarely done.
However, upon meeting Sarah today and hearing she had become a doctor, Teresa could guess that the anonymous person must be Sarah.
Sarah was a little surprised, her face looked embarrassed. When she became a doctor, she often gave a little of her salary to donate to the orphanage.
After parting once more, Teresa and the children finally left, and not long after, Sarah and Michael also decided to return as the weather was getting hotter.
Once in the car, Sarah couldn't hold her curiosity any longer, she finally looked at Michael.
"Are you serious about what you said earlier about Leon?" asked Sarah.
Like Teresa, Sarah thought Michael was just trying to calm the boy down so he wouldn't be too upset.
Michael, who was driving, turned to Sarah and nodded, before finally turning his attention back to the road.
"Yeah, I enjoyed playing with them. How about next week we come to visit them? I also want to see where you grew up," Michael answered, sounding serious.
Sarah fell silent hearing that. Michael was serious about his promise earlier?
"But I didn't think the kid would ask you to adopt him," Sarah said suddenly, still unable to believe what she had just seen.
Michael smiled at that. He didn't think so either.
"Yeah, I didn't think so either. Too bad we can't adopt him," Michael replied without turning to look at Sarah.
Sarah nodded, before she finally realized Michael's words.
"Wait! You really don't want to adopt him because of me?" Sarah asked, surprised.
Michael turned, then nodded.
"Yeah, I don't think you're comfortable adopting a child. Moreover, he's a grown child. Or are you okay with adopting him?" Michael asked.
Sarah was silent, unable to answer Michael's question.
Do they have to adopt a child?
Sarah immediately shook her head. Right now she was only pretending to be Michael's wife. One day, she had to leave him.
If they decide to adopt a child, what will happen to the child?
Even though Sarah wanted to try to adopt a child, her current situation didn't allow her to do so.
"Let's just come and visit them once in a while. We're not in a good situation for adopting a child right now," Sarah finally answered.
Michael just nodded at that. He could already tell Sarah didn't want to do that.
***
Monday finally arrived, signaling that time off was over, and people had to get back to work.
As did Michael, and also Sarah.
"Ohh… today was really tiring! Looks like I have to ask Michael to massage me," thought Sarah stretching her shoulders as she walked towards her room after she had just finished the surgery.
Suddenly, Sarah stopped in her place when she saw someone standing in front of her room, as if waiting for her arrival.
"Why did the old woman come to see me again?" thought Sarah with a furrowed brow when she saw Mrs Collins.
Sarah decided to quickly turn around and go anywhere as long as it wasn't her room. He was too tired right now, and confronting Mrs Collins would only put him in a bad mood.
"Sarah!" called Mrs. Collins. Her voice was a little loud, so almost everyone could hear it.
Sarah sighed when she saw a nurse looking at her in confusion for not turning around even though someone was calling her.
It seemed that at the moment she couldn't avoid the old woman.
After all, why did that woman come to see her again?
This 𝓬ontent is taken from f(r)eeweb(n)ovel.𝒄𝒐𝙢